Issue #55

Prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is still not talking. But just about everyone else is talking about talks. What's going on? There are two…

Kneejerk reaction to foreign investment in media shows schizophrenic nationalism.

Ambiguous and weak rules of engagement could be fatal because excessive army casualties during initial engagements with Maoists could give insurgents an aura of invincibility

Who is going to stop the Maoists from getting away with a beer ban?

Salt. Nepal. Evokes images of caravans, wealth and success stories. But it used to also remind us of goitre and cretinism. Iodised salt may not…

Who is going to stop the Maoists from getting away with a beer ban?

Salt. Nepal. Evokes images of caravans, wealth and success stories. But it used to also remind us of goitre and cretinism. Iodised salt may not…

When Jivan Shahi graduated from Budanilkantha School in 1982, he wanted to desperately to become a pilot. A few years later, one of the proudest…

Jana Aastha, 1 August

Deshanter, 5 August

A few weeks ago we reported a new kind of beetlemania in Japan?watching beetle fights with Nepali contestants. Then two Japanese were caught at…

The government is to begin redistributing citizenship papers to the 34,000 Nepalis whose citizenship certificates were annulled by the Supreme…

Rukum has lost the most men and women to the people's war: 215 killed by police: 97 by Maoists. The database at the Informal Sector Service…

Suryanath Upadhayay, head honcho at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has for the second time pointed out the…

Royal Nepal Airlines' nosedive has come to this: cancelling its trunk routes at the beginning of the autumn tourist season. European routes,…

Plagued by corruption, shortage of aircraft and an empty cash box, Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation is to stop flying to Europe and the Middle…

Tourism arrivals continued to slide in July, dipping by about 29 percent, compared with July 2000, which wasn't a very good time either. It was…

The government is to open 13 ?windows? to collect taxes in districts where there are no offices of the Internal Revenue Department?the new…

Hansraj Hulaschand and Company has begun selling yet another motorcycle, one you can have for Rs 94,900. The Kawasaki Croma is a collaborative…

Nepal Overseas Marketing (NOM) has begun promoting crockery from World Kitchen Inc, USA including well-known brands like Corning, Corelle,…

Voltas, India's air-conditioning giant, opened a showroom in New Baneswor last week, offering some 45 models of window, split air and water…

Hyatt has introduced a special privileges offer, including discounts, to members signing up for the Club at the Hyatt. Members get a 20 percent…

Your interview with Dr Babuam Bhattarai (# 51) glorified him not only to me, but also must have done so for the whole world. His replies to your…

"There are only two tragedies in life. One is not to get what one wants. The other is to get it," says CK Lal in his column about Sher Bahadur…

Congratulations to BP Giri for his excellent review of nationalism(s) in “My nation right or wrong” (#54). There is a lot to say about how…

Manisha Aryal has done a great public service by exposing the dangerous scam of the pyramid scheme in "Scheme/scam" (#54). As someone who was…

Kunda Dixit's "After Kali Gandaki" (#53) clearly reveals the reason why the country with the most abundant hydropower in the world is paying the…

We just came to know that Royal Nepal Airlines is terminating its flights to Europe. After the royal massacre this is another massacre-of the…

C Stone's letter on SLC failures (#54) in response to "A generation of failure" (#53) makes a strong point about this year's SLC results. There…

Kunda Dixit, watch out for stink bombs ("It's not cricket, #54) lobbed by irate Sri Lankans, Pakistanis and Indians (who, poor things, are…